{"nrhp_refnum":"02000910","name":"Mission Canal Company Second Lift Pumphouse","other_names":["United Irrigation Company Second Lift Pumphouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6th St. and Canal","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mission","county":"Hidalgo County","state":"TX","lat":26.21225483400005,"lon":-98.33103788437947,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An irregular-plan brick industrial pumphouse at 6th Street and Canal in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, built in 1910 by the Mission Canal Company and expanded in 1936. It originally lifted irrigation water from one canal to another using steam-powered pumps.","why_significant":"The pumphouse is significant at the local level under Criterion A in the area of agriculture. It is directly tied to the irrigation companies and districts that drove Mission's citrus farming and urban growth. It is the only part of the irrigation system wholly within the city's original townsite, and its tall chimney is a local landmark symbolizing the city's agricultural origins.","narrative":"Built in 1910 by the Mission Canal Company, this brick pumphouse at 6th Street and Canal in Mission, Texas, once raised irrigation water about 12 feet from one canal to another. The three-part building has a two-story central boiler house, a one-story east wing that held the pumping equipment, and a west wing added in 1936. A tall cylindrical brick chimney, visible across much of the city, rises on the north side, and a 1930s metal storage shed stands to the south. Land developers John Conway and J. W. Hoit founded Mission in 1908 and built the canal system to make farm tracts marketable. John Shary later bought the company, renamed it United Irrigation Company, and expanded the system as citrus growing took hold. The pumphouse is considered the most fitting symbol of the city's agricultural beginnings because it lies wholly within the original townsite. It is now vacant, though newer pumps beside it continue the same lifting function.","period_of_significance":"1910-1952","architect_builder":"Simmons, Albert","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The pumphouse is vacant; replacement natural gas and electric pumps installed about 1984 sit in a concrete structure outside the building to the east and still lift water to the upper canal.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.987209-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/9695/40969585/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02000910.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000910/b9bf3f1c95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000910/b9bf3f1c95-1600.webp","licence":"No restrictions","author":"Texas State Archives from Austin, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1975_070_4640_400_rgb_E10kxl594_(18205826338).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas State Archives from Austin, Texas, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/\" rel=\"license noopener\">No restrictions</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1975_070_4640_400_rgb_E10kxl594_(18205826338).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969585","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lift_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453192"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hidalgo-county/mission-canal-company-second-lift-pumphouse-02000910/"}